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Somaliland: EU
Hands-Over Sheikh Technical Veterinary School To IGAD |
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EU Press Release: 20 May 2013
Today, the European Union has launched the handing
over phase of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School
to the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development
(IGAD).
The pioneer school specialized in animal health and
initiated by the EU in Somaliland 10 years ago, will
indeed soon become a regional centre of excellence
within the Horn of Africa.
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Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Responds To UN Comments On Somaliland |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr
Mohamed Abdilahi Omar responds to comments made by
UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson on 9 May
2013.
Below are the verbatim excerpts of the Dr Omar
Communication to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
United Nations
New York, NY 10017 USA
Your Excellency,
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LEWISTON, Maine — Zam Zam
Mohamud, described as popular and well-regarded in
the community by a Bates College professor, is the
city’s first Somali to serve on the Lewiston School
Committee.
Her appointment is a turning point for Lewiston,
“when our city representatives begin to reflect our
shifting demographics,” said Elizabeth Eames, an
associate professor of anthropology at Bates. Of
Lewiston’s student-age population of 5,139, 23
percent are English Language Learners, the majority
from Somali families.
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Somaliland Society in Europe (SSE), on behalf of its
affiliated organizations, wishes the people of
Somaliland wherever they are festive celebrations
for this national day. SSE commends Somaliland
diaspora communities in Europe for their heartless
efforts to organize celebration events across major
European cities and promote the independence of
Somaliland. SSE would like also to thank to
government of Somaliland for nominating the 18th May
independence committee to make this day bigger and
nationwide event style.
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Glencore Xstrata shareholders
have overwhelmingly voted in favor of Tony Hayward,
BP’s former chief executive, as interim chairman of
the newly merged group.
Will Somaliland Benefit From His Appointment?
Shareholders opposed the re-election of
chairman Sir John Bond at the company’s first annual
general meeting.
Sir John had been criticized over his
insistence on multi-million-pound bonuses for top
Xstrata managers.
The tie-up between the two natural resources
firms was completed on 2 May.
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Brenda Ray
Half the Sky Movement crew member
Think Sophia Loren meets Miriam Makeba, then think
Nelson Mandela meets Malcolm X, and you have the
exquisitely beautiful countenance of the most
formidable, effective, "won't-take-no-for-an-answer"
woman in Somaliland today. Her name is Edna Adan and
she is fighting for the health rights and well-being
of Somalilander women.
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Somaliland’s
minister of Civil Aviation and air transport Mr.
Mohamoud Hashi Abdi has announced on Tuesday that
Somaliland government has banned UN air-crafts from
flying over, or landing in Somaliland and all
grounded UN airplane cannot departure, without
further notice.
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Jenni Morello
Half the Sky Movement crewmember
Being a part of Half the Sky Movement has been an
incredible, eye-opening experience that has taught
me a lot about myself and has also empowered me to
be a better woman. I think of all the strong-willed
and influential women I've met in the past year and
one in particular jumps out at me.
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By Philippa McDonald
A new social media campaign has been launched to counter messages of extremism
within the Australian Somali community.
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Introduction and background information
The Republic of Somaliland came into existence in 1960. The Republic was a
former British colony for 72 years. Somaliland came into existence at a time
when heavy winds of independence were blowing throughout Africa and Asia.
Somaliland followed successive civilizations such as the land of Punt, Ifet, and
the Adel Empire. In the wrong quest of seeking the liberation and the
unification of all the Somali-speaking world of the Horn of Africa,
Somalilanders have taken the lead, and to fulfill that myth, they started by
throwing away their independence and sovereignty.
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Shady Past Of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamoud Revealed In Haatuf Investigative Report |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
May 25, 2013
(SL Times) –
An
investigative
report by
Haatuf
Newspaper
has revealed
disturbing
news from
President
Hassan
Sheikh
Mohamoud’s
past.
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Somaliland Marks 22
Years Of Independence
Country that broke away from Somalia in 1991 is
still waiting for international recognition. |
People in
Somaliland
are marking
22 years of
self-declared
independence
from
Somalia, but
they are
still
waiting for
the world to
recognize as
a country.
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“Somaliland Sovereignty is a Unanimous and
Irrevocable Decision made by Somalilanders” -
President Sillanyo |
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In the strongest terms yet has
the President H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Sillanyo
reiterated the country's sovereignty in an
unprecedented speech by a Head of State on a
national day as he oversaw commemorations marking
the country's 22nd anniversary of independence in
Hargeysa.
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Somaliland Waits For Worldwide Recognition
Citizens and leaders in Somaliland say they are
historically and politically a separate country. |
The Horn of Africa has been
ravaged by war and famine for decades, and now
Somaliland, hopes to become an independent state.
Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden and is
officially regarded as an autonomous region of
Somalia. The two[Somaliland and Somalia] were,
however, separate until 1960. During the civil war
in the 1980s, 40,000 people from Somaliland were
killed, and nearly half a million fled.
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Somaliland Vice President Arrives In The UK |
London, UK, May 18, 2013 (SL
Times) – Somaliland Vice president, Abdirahman
Abdillahi Ismail (Zayla’i) is on a visit to the UK.
Speaking to the press upon his arrival, the vice
president said he came to the UK to take part in the
Somaliland community’s May 18th independence
celebrations.
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UCID Party Defends Its
Chairman |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 18, 2013 (SL Times) – UCID party
officials gave a press conference at Hargeysa’s Guled Hotel in which they
strongly defended their party’s chairman, Faysal Ali Warabe, from criticism that
was leveled at him after meeting with Somalia’s president.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 18,
2013 (SL Times) – The Mayor of Hargeysa, Abdirahman
Mohamoud Aydid (Soltelco) said the companies that
were given contracts for collecting trash in
Hargeysa do not have enough vehicles to do the job.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 18,
2013 (SL Times) – The Indha-deero sent a message of
congratulation to the people of Somaliland both
inside and outside the country on the occasion of
the 22nd anniversary of Somaliland’s restoration of
its independence.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 18,
2013 (SL Times) – The Chairman of the Parliamentary
Committee for Community Affairs, Ahmed Abdi Kijandhe
recently revealed to Haatuf Newspaper that his
committee is planning to make changes and add
amendments to the press law (Lr 2004).
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At UN, King Of Atooi
Claims "Seat 25," Pitches New Currency, Follow The
Money |
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By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, May 20 -- Puerto Rico is debated at
the UN as a case of decolonization, but Hawai'i is
not. Still on Monday the King or Ali'i Nui of of the
Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi appeared at a UN press
conference to launch a new currency and encourage
people to buy it.
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Ethiopia Playing At
Being Good Neighbours |
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 18
2013 – Despite comments by Ethiopian Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn suggesting the pending
withdrawal of his country’s troops from Somalia,
many experts have voiced doubts that Ethiopia will
pull out of Somalia before it is capable of handling
its security without assistance.
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By Dr Hassan Jama
Mohamed
The objective of the SDF is to provide an
external development budget, for the Government of
Somaliland (GoSL), aligned to and financing the
programmes and projects of the 5 year National
Development Plan, channeled through more predictable
Core Budget funding modality in which the Somaliland
Government participates, namely, through the
Somaliland Development Fund (SDF).
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Below is the Somaliland
Pro-democratic Movements' Petition to the World
Leaders.
World Leaders should hear the voices from those
fighting for their fundamental rights and suffer
severely for practicing of the democratic system !!!
The Petition is written an English, French, Russian,
Chinese and Somali languages.
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- Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, fled
to England from Africa as a teenager
- Caught attentions of King Mswati III – monarch
notorious for lavish lifestyle
- Began contacting her at school when she was just
15
- Wants asylum saying she could be arrested or even
killed if she returns
A young woman is seeking asylum in Britain after she
spurned the advances of the polyamorous King Mswati
III of Swaziland and refused to join his harem of 13
wives.
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UN
Should Be Held Accountable For Its Criminal Assaults On
Somaliland's Sovereignty |
UN assaults on
Somaliland’s sovereignty show no sign of letting up. Just to
take the last few months as an example, there was the
lifting of the arms ban on Somalia which was done without
giving due consideration to Somaliland government’s views on
the matter; then there was the UN Security Council’s refusal
to circulate Somaliland’s letter to its members; and now we
have the latest assault, the claim by Somalia’s weak and
dysfunctional government that the UN had transferred control
of all Somali air space to it. Somalilanders read the latest
UN move for what it was: a naked attempt to rob
Somalilanders of their God-given right to the airspace above
their own land. Somaliland’s Minister of Aviation, Mohamoud
Hashi Abdi, reacted to this attempt at airspace piracy on
the part of the UN by temporarily banning UN flights to
Somaliland and prohibiting UN planes that are in Somaliland
from leaving until further notice.
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Somaliland: The True
Pan-Africanist |
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Somaliland is the only African country that believed
and sacrificed for the noble Pan-Africanism
philosophy that promulgated for betterment and the
common-cause of people with an African heritage, an
idea espoused by Sylvester Williams championed by
W.E.B. Du Bois, advocated for by Nkrumah and still
had many more distinguished proponents like Patrice
Lumumba and Jomo Kenyatta.
Somalilanders foresaw the Pan-Africanism’s unity as
the panacea to perennial problems of post-colonial
Africa.
f the USSR became independent and
sovereign countries.
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Somaliland: 22 Years
Of Peace, Stability, Democracy & Progress
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By: Ahmed Kheyre
More than two decades after reclaiming its
sovereignty and independence, Somaliland continues
to march forward.
The memories of the disastrous "union" with Somalia
fade with each passing year and so they should, for
they brought forth nothing but neglect, prosecution
and finally destruction.
A new generation of Somalilanders have come of age,
free, confident, proud and raring to take the reins
of leadership in their country.
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18th May Date Is
Emblem Of Dignity In Sovereignty: Somaliland |
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to 18 May 1991, it heralded peaceful co-existence between all the clans of
Somaliland after a long period marked by mutual animosity. The clans of the
ex-British Somaliland Protectorate shared their territory and enjoyed a close
cultural similarity. After independence and union with Italian Somalia in 1960,
an ethnic related enmity was introduced between them.
The Siyad Barre military regime pitted the Somaliland clans against each other.
The Somali National Movement (SNM), which was created in response to his heavy
handedness, ousted the occupying army of Siyad Barre from Somaliland back to
Somalia. On 18 May, 1991 an all inclusive Somalilander clan elders' conference
signed a peace accord in Burao town. They re-founded their formerly shared
sovereign state of Somaliland.
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Somaliland: 18th May:
The Special Day |
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When unity is our strength, then diversity is our
beauty-Yusuf Deyr
Dear my country-mates,
I enthusiastically congratulate all Somalilanders on
Independence Day of the Republic of Somaliland.
This is the most memorable and glorious date in the
history of our nation, which symbolizes our people’s
heroism, their courage and selflessness displayed in
fighting against the dictatorship for the freedom of
the dear country. The reason we learn history is,
While we are witnessing what is happening today; and
we have read about the past; then simply we can
predict what is going to happen tomorrow.
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Somaliland 22 Years
Later: A Nation Still Believes On Alone |
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In any
nation, democracy is the foundations of society.
Somaliland is practicing democratic change which
brought considerable progress in social
transformation and as well as creating a better life
for the people.
As a private citizen who voted the democratic
change, harmony and development believes that
Somaliland will contribute an example towards nation
building, sustaining peace and continuing to unite
people through mutual understanding and confidence
building.
Despite the sustainable peace and the giant progress
of democratic system in our country, we are
committed to raise our voices this 22years of our
anniversary that Somaliland has the right to be
recognized as independent state.
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Somaliland Celebrates
For Real |
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Somaliland got its independence twice. It gained its
first Independence from Britain on Sunday, June 26,
1960. Unfortunately Somaliland lost that
independence on Friday, July 1st, 1960 in the name
of unity without a price tag. Somaliland has paid a
heavy price by giving away its most deserved
independence without any negotiation on the future
of Somaliland and its share in the executive and
legislative powers. The political leaders and elders
from Somaliland were drunk with the independence,
the undisputed authority, and the unchallenged
political opportunity at that time. Though some of
them, Like Egal, made a difference in Somaliland,
those people had no other ambitions except their
unwarranted pride and selfishness for securing
higher positions in the Somali Governments. They
gave all Somaliland rights and freedoms without
knowing the high stakes involved in the unification.
The celebration of our independence from Britain did
not last long but faded away within four days only.
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